Well, this will be an anticlimactic welcome post. Picked up my first 100 series 6 days ago, a 1999 Land Cruiser. Today, it lost power. Wifey was driving it in a residential area and it flickered and died. No charge, starter just clicked. Ate up most of the afternoon. Now it's at the dealership (I know, I know); had it towed.
I'm thinking it's a bad alternator. I was able to jump start the car (with help) but only got up the hill before it died again at a stop sign. Rolled it to a safe spot and had it towed. Has an older Toyota Truestart battery which I was hoping was the issue, but it seems to have enough juice, it wasn't run down below normal levels.
Rig's been great otherwise. I'm just glad this didn't happen tomorrow, when we were on a planned road trip!
Anyone else have issues with their alternator? This rig has 166k.
Still planning on doing an official build post as soon as I have time...
I'm thinking it's a bad alternator. I was able to jump start the car (with help) but only got up the hill before it died again at a stop sign. Rolled it to a safe spot and had it towed. Has an older Toyota Truestart battery which I was hoping was the issue, but it seems to have enough juice, it wasn't run down below normal levels.
Rig's been great otherwise. I'm just glad this didn't happen tomorrow, when we were on a planned road trip!
Anyone else have issues with their alternator? This rig has 166k.
Still planning on doing an official build post as soon as I have time...
